The Pentagon released a report on Monday saying that climate change is a threat to national security. The report says that increased risk from terrorism, infectious disease, global poverty, and food and water shortages are immediate concerns for the United States. “The loss of glaciers will strain water supplies in several areas of our hemisphere,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday at a meeting of defense ministers in Peru, according to the New York Times . “Destruction and devastation from hurricanes can sow the seeds of instability. Droughts and crop failures can leave millions of people without any lifeline...
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